Sentence examples for preempted from inspiring English sources
The word "preempted" is correct and can be used in written English
It generally means to do something before someone else can do it, and can also mean to take the place of something or someone. For example: She preempted his plan before he was able to act on it.
In a 2008 case, Riegel v. Medtronic, the U.S. Supreme Court determined, in an 8-1 decision, that certain state tort lawsuits against the manufacturers of FDA-approved medical devices were expressly preempted by the plain language of the 1976 Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act.
Such actions were largely preempted, however, by Ismāʿīl's death in 1524 at the age of 36.
A discipline known as the Kant Philologie, concerned with the history, development, and works of Kant, preempted a considerable portion of philosophical historiography after 1860.
After enduring a period of eclipse, however, during which noncognitive theories of ethics (emotive and existential) and relativism had preempted the field, rationalistic views, which agree in holding that moral standards do not depend upon the varying attitudes of persons or peoples, received renewed attention in the mid-20th century.
In broad outline, the history of contemporary Egypt is the story of this coup, which preempted a revolution but then turned into a revolution from above.
The late-night talk show, which aired during the week, was regularly preempted by live sporting events, and it was ultimately moved to an earlier time slot, where it failed to attract a wide audience.
They gradually preempted more and more performing time until, after the advent of the "talkies" about 1927, the customary bill featured a full-length motion picture with "added acts" of vaudeville.
In early preemption examples, the process running from the preempted alternative is cut short before the main process running from the preempting cause has gone to completion.
However, given the definition of causation in terms of causal chains, Lewis is able to distinguish the preempting actual cause from the preempted potential cause.
This kind of example presents a problem for the probabilistic generalisation of the counterfactual theory because the preempting actual cause decreases the chance of the effect while the preempted potential cause increases its chance.
Once a small wedge of doubt enters any one mind, the incentive induced by fear of the consequences of being preempted hit before hitting first quickly becomes overwhelming on both sides.
